Three injured in Hoosick car crash

Updated 9:02 pm, Monday, November 19, 2012

HOOSICK — Three people were sent to hospitals after a three-vehicle crash on Route 7 Monday morning, the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office said.

The 6:48 a.m. accident occurred just west of Babcock Lake Road, where one driver traveling eastbound was blinded by the glare of the sun, causing the vehicle to rear-end another car traveling in the same direction, the sheriff's office said. Another eastbound vehicle then slammed into those two cars, the sheriff's office said.

A 48-year-old woman who was the lone occupant of one of the cars was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital with hip and head injuries, the sheriff's office said. An 18-year-old and a 13-year-old who were in another car were taken to Southern Vermont Medical Center for unspecified injuries. The other driver involved did not suffer any injuries, the sheriff's office said.

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As of 1:30 p.m., the conditions of the three people injured were not available.

The crash closed Route 7 between Spicer Road and LeBarron Road for nearly four hours.